AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRIT
Dare to Live the Dream
29th Annual State of Wisconsin Tribute & Ceremony to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Noon, Mon., Jan. 19, 2009
Jonathan Overby of Wisconsin Public Radio hosted the event from the Capitol rotunda in Madison. Watch the highlights at 7 p.m. Jan. 19 on WPT.
Martin Luther King Day Archives
2009: Dare to Live the Dream
Welcome and Opening Songs
MLK Heritage Awards
Music and Spoken Word
Keynote Speaker
Honor Guard and Proclamation
Final Song, Speech Excerpt & Close
2008: Yes We Can!
Welcome, Music and Dance
Awards & Good
Community
Guest Speaker: Gloria Ladson-Billings
Continuing Ceremony and Music
Black History Month Programs 2009
Independent Lens "Adjust Your Color: The Truth About Petey Greene"
9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6
Discover
how America's original shock-jock unsettled the establishment as
he battled the system and his own demons on the way to becoming a leading
activist.
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Looking for Lincoln
8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11
Host Henry Louis Gates Jr. dissects the myths surrounding Abraham Lincoln and addresses questions about race, equality, religion and depression by interpreting evidence provided by people who actually knew Lincoln.
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Independent Lens "Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life"
9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20
Duke Ellington's co-composer, arranger and right-hand man wrote some of the greatest American music of the 20th century. But as a gay man in the 1940s and '50s, he had to lead a discreet existence.
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History Detectives
9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23
A special Black History Month edition follows the investigations of a slave songbook and a guitar that is said to have belonged to folksinger Josh White. Also, join the search for the birthplace of hip-hop.
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Independent Lens "The Order of Myths"
9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27
At America's oldest Mardi Gras, celebrated in Mobile, Ala., events remain segregated. The program looks beneath the surface pageantry to reveal a complex story about race relations and the racial divide that persists in America.
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